Recent content by kikiw

Me too!

On the server side, there is UP and DP. Woodcrest will compete in that space and looks to be faster than Opteron. MP, 4 socket and above, is where links based interconnect has a big advantage. That is where Dell announced they would offer an Opteron system. It is not exclusive though, Dell will...

If you go way back, 286 days, AMD had a faster version. On 386, AMD had a 40MHz versus 33MHz for Intel. Then Intel was ahead of AMD from 486 through Pentium iii until Athlon came out. Then Intel was ahead with Northwood until Athlon 64. Now it appears Intel will take the lead again with Core 2...

Since it is still running now, you are most likely fine. The lower temperature is needed to run at high frequency. Having higher temperature (less than 110C) means that you may not reach high frequency but will not damage the CPU.

I would hesitate to use a non-Intel chipset until they are proven. And after using ATI graphics card and AIW, ATI really has to earn my business again. I like the functionality but I really had to jump through hoops to make them work the way they are supposed to. (You need to install video...

The 2 pair of cores will have extra latency getting to the graphics because they need to go through the first pair to get to the chipset. Also, if data is sitting in the memory of the other socket, latency will also be longer. For server workload, this is fine. But for desktops where you...

If you can wait till Conroe comes out, in about a month or so, you should. Even if you don't plan to buy Intel, AMD would surely be lower their prices then. You will save a at least a couple of hundred on 2 systems. ;)